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Tag Archives: horror
“The horror of life itself”: Wes Craven on his films
Christopher Sharrett – “‘Fairy Tales for the Apocalypse’: Wes Craven on the Horror of Film,” 1985.
Posted in Film
Tagged film, horror, life, wes craven
On The Last Door: Season 2
I’ve been sitting on the second season of The Last Door for some time now, and I can’t really explain why. It was less an avoidance and more of a saving, like I wanted to make sure that I was in the right … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged gaming, horror, the last door, the last door season 2, thriller, video games, zodiac
On Evil Dead (2013)
The word of mouth that I heard about the remake / reboot of Evil Dead was that it fundamentally misunderstood the thing that made the Evil Dead trilogy so great in the first place: the comedy. There’s a zaniness to the Raimi original that … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged evil dead, evil dead 2013, film, horror
On The Uncle Who Works For Nintendo
There was a time when the specter of the uncle who worked at Nintendo haunted every recess period in the United States. I first heard him in the pickup spot where parents would pick up their kids after school. The … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged horror, michael lutz, the uncle who works for nintendo, video games
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Send Me Your Contemporary Horror Recommendations!
This is just a quick post to ask you for some help! Recommend me some contemporary horror stories, preferably written and in the short story format. Anything that you like, from any subgenre. I want to get deep in this … Continue reading
Designing Horror: Ib
This post is part of the Designing Horror series. Game: Ib by Kouri Ib is a game about a young girl who goes to an art exhibition with her parents. The exhibition is a retrospective on an artist named Guertena, whose work … Continue reading
AMBER: Journeys Beyond
I played AMBER: Journeys Beyond on CDROM more than a decade ago and it was super strange and I never got very far. I did some research last week after a helpful bunch of people helped me figure out the … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged amber: journeys beyond, horror, video games
